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--- licence_statistics [2026/08/31 15:10] – [United Kingdom] Added UK figures for FY 1992-93 the start of decline g3aka
+++ licence_statistics [2026/09/11 13:01] (current) – [United Kingdom] Expanded description on where to get latest licence numbers g3aka
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-[[uk-callsigns|UK Callsigns History and Ofcom Licence Callsign Database]]
+The Foundation licence was introduced on 1 January 2002 and previous Novice licences were converted to Intermediate. In the last few days before Christmas 2002 the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20031212202237/http://www.radio.gov.uk/topics/amateur/document/6000-licence.htm|6,000th Foundation licence was issued.]] Of these 3,100 were to newcomers to amateur radio the other 2,900 were to existing holders of the Class B licence.
+In recent years the number of valid amateur licences can be derived from the Callsign Spreadsheet released by Ofcom in response to an FoI sent every few months. Valid licences are those callsign spreadsheet rows that have a Status field of **"Allocated"**. These spreadsheets are available at [[uk-callsigns|UK Callsign History and Ofcom Licence Callsign Database Spreadsheets]]
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